UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT RESUMES ITS WORK AFTER THREE-YEAR BREAK

ArmInfo
2010-03-01 11:29:00

ArmInfo. Upper Lars checkpoint has resumed its work after a three-
year break, Head of the press service of the North-Ossetian frontier
department of Russia’s Federal Security Service Alexander Solod said,
ITAR-TASS reported.

No vehicle has yet passed by the Military-Georgian road, opened today
at 6:00 AM, which connects Russia with Georgia and Armenia. From
March 1 to November 1, 2010, Kazbegi (Georgia) and Upper Lars (Russia)
checkpoints will operate daily from 6:00 AM till 10:00 PM, and from
November 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011 – from 7:00 AM till 7:00 PM.

Crossing of the people, transport, cargo, animals and commodities
through Kazbegi checkpoint will be carried out in accordance with the
Georgian legislation, and crossing through Upper Lars – in accordance
with Russia’s legislation.

To recall, the land border between Georgia and Russia was closed in
2006 after the arrest of the Russian officers in Tbilisi on the charge
of espionage. That time, Russia prohibited import of the Georgian
goods and stopped the work of Upper Lars checkpoint, pleading the
beginning of construction of the new terminal.